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Update 1: More info Google has been planning a web version of Android Messages for months—we’ve seen it appear in teardown, after teardown, after teardown. Now, it’s finally starting to show up for users. Well, sort of. The web interface has gone live, but the app doesn’t appear to understand that yet. The web component of Android […]

You’ve been able to save images on Google’s app and mobile site without downloading them for a long time now. Last September, that functionality extended to non-image pages, and in April, customizable collections rolled out to replace saved pages. Now, certain image searches trigger the Google app to ask if you’d like to create a […]

The team behind AR at Google is working hard to bring support to an ever-growing number of phones. While the initial launch was limited to Pixel and S8 phones, it quickly grew beyond that number. Still, most of the early phones were flagships or at least on the higher end of mid-range. With the latest update, […]

Google Homes and Chromecasts around the world will be quietly updated in the coming weeks with a patch for a rather serious issue. According to security researcher Craig Young from Tripwire, these devices have a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to find your geographic location if you have a Home or Chromecast on your network. […]

Corbin reviewed the Nebula Capsule back in April, saying that no other Android-powered powered projector came close to its build quality and software experience for the same price, and that it was “almost certainly the best portable projector you can buy.” Anker does manufacture the larger and more powerful Nebule Mars, but the Capsule’s bigger […]

The decision by President Trump and the Department of Commerce to lift ZTE’s ban on importing U.S. components drew plenty of criticism, but it seemed to mark the end of the ongoing ZTE drama. Unfortunately for the company, the ban now has a real chance of being reinstated. Earlier this month, a group of U.S. senators (including […]

Depending on where you live, most houses could be built with central heating and thermostats in mind or not. Even in houses that have a fully ducted system, getting a small expansion done like a bigger garage, an additional room, or a guest house could require you start looking at other options for heating and […]

Welcome to the roundup of the best new Android games that went live in the Play Store or were spotted by us in the previous week or so. This week we have quite a few soccer apps thanks to the World Cup just starting, so make sure to check those out if you are a […]

Everybody uses Google Calendar (well, most people), and it’s a tool many of us probably rely on every day to manage our lives, our work, and all the things we’d forget if our phones didn’t remind us to do them. Google Calendar has, then, also become a repository of highly personal information about us – […]

An update to Gmail has been making the rounds and it looks like a big part of it is dedicated to bringing over successful feature from the Inbox app. Unsubscribe suggestions have been added to make it easier to keep your mail a bit cleaner, and there are signs that the high-priority notification filter and […]

If you were following Google I/O this year (and we sure hope you were), it should be clear just how high a priority the Google Assistant is for the company. Rather than building a litany of separate apps to handle all the services Google offers, we’re instead seeing an ever-increasing list of functionality built in […]

Google put in place a few restrictions when it comes to apps and games on Android TV. You either download the app through the Play Store on the TV itself or you browse through your computer and install remotely. And even in that case, there are plenty of apps that show themselves as compatible from […]